The enemies in the Demon King’s Castle were cut down quickly by Sungjin’s sword play. Sungjin thought to himself while swinging his sword,

  ‘Back then…… it was so difficult……’


  These enemies were incredibly challenging with all ten of the final members of the previous round of raids, but he had now reached a point where he can face all of them on his own. Sungjin was surprised by his own growth. And of course,

  “Ooh, wow……”


  “Am……amazing.”


  The looks on the Hunters’ faces showed they were even more surprised than he was.

  “That’s Master Hunter for you.”


  “Kei……”


  All the surviving hunters knew about Sungjin by now. The hunters who were witnessing Sungjin’s abilities for the first time were easily captivated. These hunters –


  “I’ll take care of the front, please take care of enemies on the sides.”


  “Understood.”


  “Yes, Master Hunter.”
-

  obeyed him as if they were his minions. Sungjin was able to reach an area close to where the Demon King was. It was then that he asked the operator

  “Operator, how long has it been since the Raids have begun?”


  [It has been 1 hour 20 minutes.]

  ‘Hour and twenty…… ok good, I should check on tomorrow from here.’


  Sungjin waved his hands to the other hunters and said to them

  “Let us take a break here before resuming.”


  He wasn’t tired at all, but Sungjin intentionally picked his words so he could have a chance to peek at the future. The others seemed to see Sungjin as their general and obeyed without a fuss. Sungjin pulled away from the wordless group of hunters and picked a quiet spot. Once he checked to make sure he was alone, he took out his star-shaped accessory. Finally, it was time to sate his curiosity. Sungjin didn’t hesitate.

  “Starlight.”


  The starlight brightened up, then swallowed him up into the darkness. Soon, the events which unfold in 24 hours were shown to him. And although Sungjin couldn’t speak in the middle of the vision, inside he was yelling

  ‘What……?’


  Few minutes since he had his mouth wide open, Sungjin who had been peeking at the future returned to the present and ended up yelling

  “Ah!”


  “What’s that?!”


  The hunters who had been resting a bit away came springing at him. Sungjin quickly put the starshaped accessory under his shirt and quickly caught his breath. The hunters who swarmed towards him all had their weapons out and surveying the area.

  “Did something happen, Master Hunter?”


  “Was there an enemy?”


  Sungjin waved his hands as he said

  “N……no, it was nothing. Please go and get some rest. Let us get going in 3 minutes.”


  The hunters stared at Sungjin with a quizzical look but soon obeyed him. Sungjin held his forehead after being left alone.

  ‘So…… that was it? Edward……’


  Now that all the puzzle pieces were found, Sungjin quickly thought to himself.

  ‘So what do I do now? What is there for me to do?’


  But he had less than a day now. There was almost nothing that he could accomplish until then. Then, Sungjin remembered about the last remaining ‘Holy Water of Baptism’.

  ‘.……I guess this is about it……’


  Sungjin stood up. It was time to go defeat the Demon King. Although the real danger wasn’t the Demon King, but the enemies of tomorrow.

  *

  “I cant……believe……”


  [Chapter 20 boss Demon King Kharnejad Cleared!]

  Sungjin pulled out his blades from the body of the Demon King to the sound of the Operator’s voice. Behind him, he could hear the voices of the other hunters reverberating.

  “Yeah!”


  “We got him!”


  Despite the shouts of others, Sungjin didn’t feel much elation. It was because defeating the Demon King was well ‘predictable’.

  ‘But…… tomorrow’s more important……’


  As Sungjin was thinking so, the Operator’s voice continued as it said,

  [Raid 100% cleared]

  [And now we will distribute the items]

  ‘Hmm?’


  According to the Operator the raid reached 100% completion despite the fact that Hidden boss fight did not yet occur.

  ‘This round…… does it lack a hidden boss and such?’


  Now that he thought of it, it would be strange to find a creature more powerful than the Demon King in his own castle.

  Sungjin crossed his arms and received the distributed rewards along with the others. A point of interest was the magnitude of the rewards.

  [Congratulations! You have received the Legendary item……]

  [Congratulations! You have received the Legendary item……]

  [Congratulations! You have received the Legendary item……]

  The Operator’s congratulations came from all over the place.

  “Wow, why are we getting so many of them?

  “You’re right…… my contribution was only 5%, why am I getting these many Legendary items?”


  The hunters were overjoyed. Except for just one person. Sungjin watched them and thought to himself

  ‘I guess they’re getting so many since this is the last Distribution.’


  If things were as he foresaw, then this would be the last.

  [You will be teleported in 10 seconds.]

  [10]

  Sungjin said to the Operator.

  “Ah, I want to stay here a bit longer.”


  [Cancelling auto teleportation.]

  Hunters’ countdown with the exception of Sungjin’s continued.

  [9, 8, 7]

  Someone asked Sungjin.

  ‘Master Hunter, will you not return?”


  [6, 5, 4]

  “Ah yes. I still have something I have to do.”


  Hunters tilted their heads and gave puzzled looks, but they were eventually summoned back to the Hunter’s Hall. Now only Sungjin remained in the Demon King’s Castle. The reason why he stuck around was because he might be called upon by the ‘Chosen Ones’. Sungjin looked around at the surroundings. At the far back was the Demon King’s empty throne. Sungjin sat there and leaned on his hand.

  “Hey Kei, Could you come real quick to help out? One of our member perished.” called out Hildebrandt.

  “Master Hunter, we’re right before the Demon King but not sure we can win on our own. Could you please come and help us out?” asked Mustafa.

  Sungjin accepted their call for help and send them along to the Hunter’s Hall. Then finally, he too, was summoned to the Hunter’s Hall.

  *

  In the brilliantly white Hunter’s Hall, the Operator’s voice rang out.

  [Congratulations. All the hunters here have successfully cleared 20 chapters.]

  [Of the 7,310,067,613 participating hunters]

  [the number of the surviving hunters is currently 256]

  Sungjin quickly looked around as the Operator continued to speak

  “Ah, Sensei”


  Hiroaki was waving his hands upon seeing him.

  “Yo, Master Hunter.”


  Beltran was there too. But Sungjin ignored them and continued to search among the crowd.

  ‘Where is he……?’


  Sungjin was searching for Edward. Specifically, the Edward who had died once and lost his memories. This hall at first was filled as far as the eyes could see, but now it was possible to go between the pillars and search for someone. But no matter how much he walked between the hunters and the columns, he couldn’t find Edward.

  ‘No way…… did he die?’


  While Sungjin was thinking that, the Operator resumed to speak.

  [The 256 hunters here are Humanity’s last.]

  [Power and courage, knowledge and wisdom, everyone here have pushed them to the limit]

  [You are free to be proud.]

  Most hunters were listening with dull look in their eyes. Being congratulated after everything that had occured didn’t feel all that great.

  For the most part, they looked as if they were thinking:

  ‘I’m tired so let me go back to the Black Market.’


  But when Operator said,